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Your assignment is to choose one of the three prompts listed below in order to write a Definition essay.
Your essay should be no less than 750 words (2 ½ – 3 double-spaced, typed pages), and should have a
solid thesis statement that is well-supported by topic sentences and concrete details and examples. Your
essay should be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font and adhere to MLA format guidelines (see: A
Writer’s Resource – pgs. 329-341 for correct formatting). You may use personal experiences to serve as
examples, but do so by using third person and avoiding the use of first and second person pronouns.
“Remember that you must maintain an objective perspective by taking yourself out of the essay even
though the topic may be one that is very personal to you” (from Bridging the Gap: Developing Academic
Writing Skills by Delma McLeod-Porter and Shonell Bacon).
An Argument essay must serve a purpose; therefore, your essay must have a dominant impression
(thesis). Your thesis should be one in which you either agree or disagree with the topic you choose to
write about and your body paragraphs should support your argument with ample concrete details and
examples.
You will also need to incorporate at least three outside sources to support your argument. All three
sources must be used in your essay and each source you use must be cited on your Works Cited. You may
choose any academically credible sources you feel will best support the stance you choose to argue for or
against.
Remember, at least one of your chosen sources should be a primary source. The other two can be
secondary sources, but at least one of your secondary sources should be from a scholarly journal.
Paragraphs should begin with topic sentences and end with transition sentences. Quotes and paraphrases
are used to support your ideas and opinions about your subject, not take the place of major components of
an essay; therefore, quotes and paraphrases should not begin or end your paragraphs, but be used as
examples within your body paragraphs.
1. Scientists insist that animal testing is necessary for the continuation of medical research
and the advancement of scientific knowledge. Write an argumentative essay that takes a
stand on whether animal testing is ethical, or if this type of testing should be outlawed.
2. Gambling is one of America’s favorite pastimes, especially in states like Louisiana and
Nevada. If a person were to examine the positive and negative consequences of
gambling, he or she might find that one consequence outweighs the other. Write an
argumentative essay that supports whether or not gambling is positive or negative for
communities.
3. Sooner or later, some of you may want to have children. Write an argumentative essay
that supports whether or not children should be reared in small towns or larger cities.
There are both positives and negatives for either; therefore, you will want to consider
either the positives or the negatives of rearing a child in either of these environments and
construct your argument around one environment being a better place to rear a child than
the other.

Article Critique Instructions
The final product must be typewritten, double-spaced, and no more than five pages long.
Recommendation: be sure to answer every question. The easiest way to ensure you have not skipped a question in your answer is number each

paragraph of your essay (should you choose an essay form) according to the specific question. Some of you copied the whole question and

included an answer right below it.
Please recall that the purpose of the Article Critique assignment is to:
• Go through the process of thinking critically about the merits and faults within the assigned article.
• Give you practice in applying your knowledge about the research methods you have learned about in the course.
• Assess your competencies in research method content and critical thinking.
• Prepare you for developing your own research/study/article

Tips:
• Be sure to explain the reasons for your opinions or justification for your responses.
• Whenever possible, provide examples from the article to support your conclusions.
• If you find fault in an area of the article, consider an alternative approach that would improve the methods.

FYI: Definitions of “critique” include:
• A critical review or commentary
• A detailed analysis and assessment of something
• A method of disciplined, systematic analysis of a written or oral discourse
• Involves identifying both strengths and faults

Some Remarks on Grading Standards (Please Remember: The Grading is BLINDED)
I. The key to this assignment is to apply the methodological concepts you have learned in this course (thus far) to the evaluation of a

research article. You demonstrate your ability by specifically linking the procedures discussed in the article to the concepts. Please do NOT

treat this assignment as an opinion essay. You have the burden of proof to demonstrate that you know what you are doing. In particular,
1. Never answer just “yes” or “no”; always explain your answer.
2. Never state some general methodological term or principle without linking it up specifically to something in the article (or to

something missing in the article).
3. Never give a vague or evasive answer in which you avoid sticking your neck out (hoping you won’t be marked “wrong”); if you don’t

commit yourself to a specific answer, I will assume you do not know what it is. But try to say what is needed as briefly as possible. Long-

winded, rambling answers are evidence that you do not know precisely what is important.

II. Questions of “fact” will be graded by comparing what the article says with what you said it said, along with your ability correctly to use

the relevant methodological terms. Questions requiring evaluation will be graded according to these criteria:
1. You take some position
2. You defend your position by talking about your article in ways that raise issues that we discussed in class.

III. If the article fails to give some information the review asks for, you get credit by saying that the article fails to give the

information. Note that this failure should then become part of your evaluation of the relevant section. (I will try to avoid approving articles

that are missing too much of the relevant information.)
IV. If the article is unclear or ambiguous, or if you are ambivalent in your evaluation of something, it is fine to give an answer that

expresses these problems.
V. Don’t blindly assume the author is always using the correct methodological terms for what s/he did.

Assignment Directions:
The assigned article: Markowitz, S. (2008). The effectiveness of cigarette regulations in reducing cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Journal Of Health Economics, 27(1), 106-133.
Econ Journal Version.pdf
NBER Version.pdf
Here are the two versions of the article: the NBER version was presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research prior to publication in

the Journal of Health Economics. Your answers should be based on the “Econ Journal” version, but sometimes the NBER version may have additional

details.
Please write a 3 — 5 page paper (not including title page if you decide to add it) that addresses the following questions:
1. What was the study design (Hint: observational, experimental, quasi-experimental)?
a. How so?
b. Is it adequate to answer the research question?
c. How does it differ from other study designs? Why other study designs are not appropriate given the research question?

2. Your textbook indicates, “In experimental or other quasi-experimental designs, you either assume or try to provide evidence that the program

or comparison groups are equivalent prior to the program so that post-program differences can be attributed to the manipulation/treatment.”
a. How could you satisfy this assumption in this study? In other words, how can you demonstrate it (which variable will be involved to confirm

this assumption)?
b. Does the author provide this information? How so?
c. What other (if any) assumptions related to study design mentioned in the article?

3. Do you have treatment and control groups in this study?
If so, what are they (i.e., what is the treatment, who or what constitute(s) control group, and who or what constitute(s) treatment group —

please pay attention to who or what based on unit of analyses that you had to identify in your Article Critique #1)?

4. Can you explain the difference between randomization and random sampling (if you think there is one) using examples from this study (or lack

thereof)? (Hint: for example, think of the unit of observations from one of the data sources to illustrate presence of random assignment).

5. Do you think this study has population validity and ecological validity? How so?

6. Trochim et al. talk about several single-group and multiple-group threats to internal validity? Although several of them are not applicable

to this study, one could at least wonder about 2 of them? Which ones do you think they are? (Hint: think of most relevant threats; keep in

mind, there are two levels of data: individual and state/aggregated).

7. Scavenger Hunt: Please conduct additional (lit.) search and identify a U.S. surveillance project of CDC and state health departments

developed to collect state-specific population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy.
a. Please identify it and write 3-5 sentences to describe it as if you are writing a dissertation, a manuscript that you want to submit to a

peer-reviewed journal, or a technical report. See examples of data sources currently used in this study.
b. How is this data source different from the rest of the data sources used in the article?
c. How many modes of data collection are used by the data source, which you had identified in 7a and what are they?
d. What type of sampling (if any) is used in 7a?
e. What percentage of the U.S. population does your 7a data source cover?
f. What about the response rates thresholds?
g. Are there external validity threats given 7e and 7f? (To answer this questions you may need to continue your Scavenger Hunting: check out 7a

data source website, specifically, tab on data availability and year, including an excel spreadsheet).
h. What would be some of the challenges in conducting a longitudinal study to examine effects of smoke-free laws using 7a data source? (Hint:

check out 7a data source website, specifically, tab on data availability and year).
i. Pick one of the pdf questionnaires and provide examples of dichotomous questions and filter or contingency questions.
j. Given your response in 7d, what variables do you need to look for in the 7a dataset to let your software know you are working with a dataset

created using your response to 7a? (Hint: this type of variables is also listed on the 7a webpage describing variables in the 7a analytic

research file).
k. Did Markowitz study need to use these variables? Why or why not?

8. Explain nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio measures using examples in the study (if you cannot find them in the study, you can borrow

examples from 7a).

9. Explain the difference between univariate, bivariate, and multivariate (or also known as multivariable) types of analyses using tables and

figures in the article. (Hint: you can refer me to a particular table or figure to say that it reflects a certain type of analysis and explain

how so).

10. Do we need to have conclusion validity or do we just need to focus on internal validity, or both? (Hint: do not forget the study design and

its main goal/research question).

1. Students will answer 5 of the 12 short essay questions. Each response should be between 400 and 500 words in length.
2. Each response is worth 7 marks. Abuse of length will result in an automatic deduction of one grade point from the content portion of the grading.
3. Each response must cite course material at least FIVE times. All course material including the textbook, lectures, additional readings, and videos. Please use IN TEXT citations (APA or MLA).
4. The paper must include: Name at the top of the first page, the questions being answered and a bibliography or work cited page at the end of your document.
5. Marks will be deducted for grammar and spelling – so please proof read.
6. Marks will be deducted for failure to cite and improper formatting of citations.

Grading is as follows:

Content – 5 marks

• How structurally coherent is your response? (Does your response follow in a logical manner?)
• How well do you integrate supporting data from your course text, videos, and other resources?
• N.B.: All information included in your response must be properly cited.

Grammar and punctuation – 1 mark

Resources – 1 mark

• All information needs to be properly cited (APA or MLA)
• N.B.: You do not have to have a bibliography or work cited page after each question. You can attach a single bibliography or work cited page at the end of your document.
Questions

1. a. List and briefly explain the five elements of capitalism.
b. List and briefly explain the four ways in which consumer transformation was achieved.
2. a. According to the International Monetary Fund what are the four basic features of globalization?
b. Briefly explain the difference between objective and subjective globalization. Provide actual examples to compare and contrast these forms of globalization.
3. Explain what is meant by Malthusian inspired laws using a Canadian example.
4. What is the IMF? The IMF was initially formed for what two primary functions? What is the primary function of the IMF?
5. What did the events of the Great Global Depression reveal?
6. Explain the main assumptions of Dependency Theory and the Modernization Theory.
7. Briefly explain the policies used to transform Iraq into a free-market economy.
8. Explain John Charles “Jack” Caldwall’s Wealth Flows Theory.
9. What is the purpose of agricultural subsidies and what are the pros/cons to providing these subsidies?
10. How are the World Bank and other western financial institutions responsible for contributing to increased poverty and hunger?
11. Explain how market liberalization affects sex trafficking.
12. Explain what is meant by “the invisible hand of the market place”.

 

Strategic planning
According to Zuckerman (2012):

Strategic planning at its essence is the process of making difficult choices among competing priorities and focusing the organization’s limited

resources on the areas that will yield the greatest payoff. For strategic planning to be effective, that focus must be maintained throughout the

process—and especially in this transition from vision to goals. (p. 78)
For this discussion:

Explain how strategic planning is used to make difficult choices in an organization. Provide specific examples.
Explain the process of prioritizing choices

When Yvon Chouinard started rock climbing as a teenager, he never dreamed his passion would lead to the ownership of two companies and a lifelong

passion for preserving the planet. But 55 years later, the climber-business person has joined forces with Walmart—a seemingly unlikely partner to

spread the word that sustainability is cool.

Chouinard founded Chouinard Equipment to make safer, more environmentally friendly equipment for rock climbers and mountaineers. He didn’t like the

way previous generations climbers had destroyed mountain environments. Patagonia, founded in 1972, offered the “soft” side of the outdoors

specialized clothing, boots, packs, luggage, and other gear. From the very beginning, Chouinard and his design team worked hard to develop products

whose materials and manufacturing processes were eco-friendly. “The reason I am in business is I want to project love,” Chouinard explains. “I used

to spend 250 days a year sleeping on the ground. I’ve climbed on every continent. I’m old enough to have seen the destruction.”

In fact, in the mid-1990s Chouinard discovered that the cotton Patagonia was using for many of its garments came from industrial farms that used

toxic chemicals. His response was swift and definite. He gave his company just 18 months to change completely to organic cotton. Chouinard has also

been successful at persuading other businesses to go green.

For the past few years, Chouinard’s team has been working with Walmart to develop a sustainability index for its products, sharing valuable

information that Patagonia has gained over the years. Walmart is 1,300 times as large as Patagonia, but Patagonia has knowledge and experience that

Walmart can use to reinvent itself as an environmentally responsible firm.

Chouinard doesn’t mind sharing with a company that has such a monumental impact on the marketplace as well as the planet. And Walmart officials are

eager to learn. The company plans to post scorecards in its stores, rating products on eco-friendliness and social impact. And it is developing a

system to give preference to suppliers who comply with these steps. At a conference of Walmart buyers and executives, Chouinard pointed out that

Walmart’s use of little LED lights in its stores which seem to use minimal energy actually requires 19 plants in California to power tem. At this

statement, a Walmart buyer stood in the audience and shouted, “We’re going to get rid of those!”

Questions for Critical Thinking

The alliance between Patagonia and Walmart is an excellent example of a smaller business and a huge firm working together to achieve an objective.

Provide an example of the alliance of two companies that achieve the same objectives as Patagonia and Walmart. Discuss their results.
Do you think the same results would be possible if Walmart acquired Patagonia? Why or why not?
Walmart is learning from Patagonia. But what might Patagonia learn from Walmart?

This assignment provides you with the opportunity to synthesize and apply the concepts learned in this course to analyze a real-world business case.

The analytical exercises will improve your understanding and ability to think critically about the importance of diversity management in the

workplace.

Your report for solving the case must be at least 300 words with a Citation page, and must include the following headings:

Overview – Summarizing the case scenario and identifying all the problems, issues, constraints, related to the case.
Discussion Questions – Answering all the questions.
Debriefing – Reflecting your thoughts, opinions, and solutions based on the case.

For this Unit Two Discussion Board Research Topic you will be exploring the incorporation and meaning generated by iconography in Northern

Renaissance art. As discussed in this unit, symbolism and meaning were often “embedded” into Northern Renaissance paintings and works of art in

a way that offered vital information pertaining to the artwork’s subject, and would have been readily understood by contemporaries, but may

seem odd or mysterious to us today. You will be researching a work of Northern Renaissance art to present and discuss iconographically and

iconologically based on what you learned this unit.
To complete this research topic, do the following:
1. Research online museum sites and art image resources to discover ONE work of Northern Renaissance art to examine and present. The work

must be by a Northern Renaissance artist in the period covered this unit (roughly the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries). NOTE: You may NOT use

the same work of art as another student.

2. Upon finding and selecting a work of art, before conducting further research examine it in consideration with what you learned this

unit. Is the style used by the artist similar or distinct from other Northern Renaissance art you studied? Is the subject or narrative

presented and the imagery included similar to any works you studied? Make notes regarding what you critically reason the imagery and painting

means, based on historical and cultural contexts you learned about. Remember, this analysis should be based only on what you learned, not on

further research!
3. After making these notes, conduct further research on your chosen work of art and note what historians and specialists have determined

in regards to the iconography of your work of art. Moreover, are there any symbols or images that have meaning corollary to any studied this

unit? NOTE: Depending on your artist and work of art, you may have a few to numerous examples of iconography in the work. You are not expected

to discuss EVERY example in the artwork, but do present between a few and several prominent examples, particularly in regards to how they

relate to the overall subject and tone of the artwork.
4. With your research completed, write a two-to-three page paper in which you present and discuss your work of art based on the

iconography you researched, and considering the following questions:
• Who is the artist of your work, and in what geographic region and period of the Northern Renaissance did she/he work?
• Was your artist impacted by devotional practices or the Reformation and is this evident in your work of art?
• What imagery and subject matter is contained in your work of art, and what have you and other historians determined as the specific

iconographic meaning of certain images in it? (Provide at least three examples.)
Once completed, copy-and-paste your text into your message board post in the Unit Two Discussion Board area, and be sure to either link

directly to your chosen work of art, or attach it as a file to your forum post. Your post (with image attachments or links) must be submitted

before the deadline. After this deadline the message board (and Unit) will close and you will be unable to upload your work, receiving a

failing grade on the assignment.
________________________________________
This Discussion Board Research Topic is worth up to 100 points and will be graded based on the following criteria:
• following all the instructions carefully and completing the assignment correctly
• the appropriateness of your work of art in regards to the unit material
• the depth of your analysis and research in regards to your chosen work of art
• how critically and correctly you apply concepts, information, and terminology learned in this unit
• the clarity of thought in your writing and organization of your submission
• using proper spelling and grammar

 

Nursing
Assignment: Health Information Patient Handout One of the pivotal goals of consumer health literacy efforts is to design educational materials that attract

as well as educate users. In this Assignment, you design a health information document on a topic that is of interest to you. To prepare: •Select a health

issue of interest to you. •Identify the audience or population that you seek to educate about this issue. •Search the Internet to find credible sites

containing information about your selected topic. •Review the two health literacy websites listed in this week’s Learning Resources. Focus on strategies

for presenting information. To complete: •Design an educational handout on the health issue you selected. •Include a cover page. •Include an introduction

that provides: •An explanation of your issue and why you selected it •A description of the audience you are addressing •In the handout itself: •Develop

your handout in such a way that it attracts the attention of the intended audience. •Include a description of the health issue and additional content that

will enhance your message (i.e., key terms and definitions, graphics, illustrations, etc.). •Recommend four or five sites that provide clear, valuable, and

reliable information on the topic. Note: Remember to keep the information in your health handout and its design at the appropriate level for the audience

you are seeking to inform. Submit your Assignment as a Word document
Assignment: Health Information Patient Handout
One of the pivotal goals of consumer health literacy efforts is to design educational materials that attract as well as educate users. In this Assignment,

you design a health information document on a topic that is of interest to you.
To prepare:
• Select a health issue of interest to you.
• Identify the audience or population that you seek to educate about this issue.
• Search the Internet to find credible sites containing information about your selected topic.
• Review the two health literacy websites listed in this week’s Learning Resources. Focus on strategies for presenting information.
To complete:
• Design an educational handout on the health issue you selected.
o Include a cover page.
o Include an introduction that provides:
 An explanation of your issue and why you selected it
 A description of the audience you are addressing
o In the handout itself:
 Develop your handout in such a way that it attracts the attention of the intended audience.
 Include a description of the health issue and additional content that will enhance your message (i.e., key terms and definitions, graphics,

illustrations, etc.).
 Recommend four or five sites that provide clear, valuable, and reliable information on the topic.
Note: Remember to keep the information in your health handout and its design at the appropriate level for the audience you are seeking to inform. Submit

your Assignment as a Word document.

 

REQUIRED CONTENT

 

Includes a cover page and introduction for the flyer with an explanation of the issue selected, a description of the audience, and the search terms used to

identify resources.

 

 

(10 possible points)–
Levels of Achievement:
EVALUATION EXCELLENT 9 (9%) – 10 (10%)
EVALUATION GOOD 0 (0%) – 8 (8%)
EVALUATION FAIR 0 (0%) – 7 (7%)
EVALUATION POOR 0 (0%) – 6 (6%)
In the Flyer:
Defines key terms in a way that is appropriate for the target audience.

 

 

(10 possible points)–
Levels of Achievement:
EVALUATION EXCELLENT 9 (9%) – 10 (10%)
EVALUATION GOOD 0 (0%) – 8 (8%)
EVALUATION FAIR 0 (0%) – 7 (7%)
EVALUATION POOR 0 (0%) – 6 (6%)
Describes the health issue using language appropriate for the audience.

 

 

(20 possible points)–
Levels of Achievement:
EVALUATION EXCELLENT 19 (19%) – 20 (20%)
EVALUATION GOOD 17 (17%) – 18 (18%)
EVALUATION FAIR 15 (15%) – 16 (16%)
EVALUATION POOR 0 (0%) – 14 (14%)
Provides guidance on how to identify websites and resources with credible information on the issue.

 

 

(20 possible points)–
Levels of Achievement:
EVALUATION EXCELLENT 19 (19%) – 20 (20%)
EVALUATION GOOD 17 (17%) – 18 (18%)
EVALUATION FAIR 15 (15%) – 16 (16%)
EVALUATION POOR 0 (0%) – 14 (14%)
Recommends 4-5 websites with clear, valuable, and reliable information on the issue.

 

 

(10 possible points)–
Levels of Achievement:
EVALUATION EXCELLENT 9 (9%) – 10 (10%)
EVALUATION GOOD 0 (0%) – 8 (8%)
EVALUATION FAIR 0 (0%) – 7 (7%)
EVALUATION POOR 0 (0%) – 6 (6%)
Writing used in Introduction

 

 

(10 possible points)–
Levels of Achievement:
EVALUATION EXCELLENT 9 (9%) – 10 (10%)
EVALUATION GOOD 0 (0%) – 8 (8%)
EVALUATION FAIR 0 (0%) – 7 (7%)
EVALUATION POOR 0 (0%) – 6 (6%)
Writing used in Flyer

 

 

(20 possible points)–
Levels of Achievement:
EVALUATION EXCELLENT 18 (18%) – 20 (20%)
EVALUATION GOOD 16 (16%) – 17 (17%)
EVALUATION FAIR 14 (14%) – 15 (15%)
EVALUATION POOR 0 (0%) – 13 (13%)
Total Points: 100
Name: NURS_5051_Week 11_ Application_Assignment_ Rubric

 

Reading Response 3

1. What does “inquiry” mean to you? What are specific aspects usually involved in an inquiry-based science lesson?

2. What components does a science lesson plan usually include?

For this assignment, you will research and write an APA research paper about environmental policies, including the following:

Choose 1 U.S. environmental law. State the name of the law and the date the law was passed.
Summarize the major provisions of the law that you chose.
Describe the economic impact of the law. Provide specific economic data from credible references.
Has the law improved the environment or situation? Provide specific data from credible references.
Do you think that sound science has proven that global warming is a credible threat or not?
Should the United States adopt additional policies or laws to curb greenhouse gas emissions?
What should these policies or laws regulate or encourage?
Use specific facts to defend your position.

Compare Antigone to MLK letter

. Compare two thinkers on a concept, an argument, or a theme. You may not compare thinkers that are not assigned for this class.

Responses papers are not mere summaries of the texts. Rather, they are meant to help you practice some of the skills you are developing in this

class.
Citations and Evidence. In all the memos that you write, you must support assertions. When you attribute views to an author, indicate the evidence

for the attribution by noting relevant passages. A parenthetical page reference is often sufficient, such as (35), though use of quotations will

make your arguments even more precise.

Logistics. Each paper must be one page long, 1.5” spaced, with 12-point Times New Roman font, 1” margins. The only header I need is your name (not

the date, or my name, etc). Response papers are due at the end of class. Response papers must engage the thinker that is assigned for discussion

that day.